Secret-Keeper

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183829

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Heather Hadden <kaamita at ...> 
wrote:

> Also, speaking of secret-keepers....when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dobby, 
> Griphook, Ollivander, etc all left to go to Shell Cottage, you find 
> out that Bill was the secret keeper there. How was Harry, Dobby, etc 
> able to get there?


zanooda:

I believe that when Harry and others Apparated to Shell Cottage, it was 
not yet protected by the Fidelius Charm - Bill only did it after the 
fugitives arrived and he found out that the DEs now knew that Ron was 
with Harry. It became  clear to him then that it was time for the 
Weasleys to go unto hiding. He went to the Burrow and moved the rest of 
the family to Aunt Muriel's, where they were protected by the Fidelius 
Charm, and then he came back home and cast the FC on Shell Cottage as 
well. All this happened while Harry was digging the grave, IMO.